When he was arrested, the police found a passport under the name of Yudi Lukito Kurniawan and a piece of Singapore immigration’s inspection document.
The Singapore Exchange building in the central business district in Singapore, April 7, 2020. SINGAPORE: Indonesia has arrested a suspected terrorist - identified as Yudi Lukito Kurniawan - who plotted an attack on the Singapore Exchange building in 2014.
The alleged terror attack against the Singapore Exchange building in the central business district was said to be under AQAP’s order. There were no details on how he was planning to carry out such an attack. YLK was first arrested in 2003 for possessing firearms given to him for safekeeping by UM, by a convicted Bali bomber. YLK later joined Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid, a splinter cell of JI and travelled to Yemen in 2012 as part of the AQAP global jihad.
The arrest came just two months after leaders of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated JI announced the dissolution of the terror group on Jun 30. Terror experts have warned however that despite the dissolution, terrorism will still remain a threat in the region as Islamic State-backed Jamaah Ansharut Daulah as well as several JI splinter groups remain active.
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